It's a coaching problem. As in do that cheap s*** again, you sit. And mean it.imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:Quote-
Just because kids can get hurt doing lots of things, doesn't make it ok for them to go on the ice and try to injury another player. If that is all
Very true, but that is not hockey's problem. It is a parent problem, or possibly a coaching problem. Discipline the problems not the sport!!
Hockey lives matter!!!
It's only a parent problem if my coach encourages it or doesn't stop it in its tracks and I let him keep playing for the guy.
We've all seen too many games at every level where teams who are less talented or just having an off night get dirty and cheap since they have nothing to lose. Coaches need to give them something to lose.
I'd love to see a study on how increased penalty minutes and injuries correlate with margin of spread in the final score.
And IMHO the MSHSL is going to have to set a policy if coaches don't police their own teams. 5 min, 10 min, ejections, all those majors and misconducts should have larger consequences if it's happening to a single player or team every damn game. Believe me, I don't want more MSHSL policy. But the reckless play of some players and teams is becoming institutionalized.
And I've had a child of each gender come up through squirts. They have been learning how to take a check, how to fall into the boards, how to protect the head since week 1 of squirts. But at least here, nothing similar at 10 and 12u.